Education participation of 15-19 year olds - of all 15-19 year olds(d)

%

2001

80.1

83.5

70.4

73.7

70.0

73.9

73.2

82.4

77.4

Education participation of 20-24 year olds - of all 20-24 year olds(d)

%

2001

38.2

37.9

30.0

28.2

30.6

28.1

16.6

39.8

34.8

Vocational Education and Training (VET) students

'000

2000

641.1

468.6

286.8

146.2

129.9

34.2

22.4

20.2

1,749.4

Females-of all VET students

%

2000

51.0

47.6

48.8

48.3

47.4

45.3

46.9

48.0

49.0

15-24 year olds studying VET(d)

%

2001

13.8

11.0

9.4

11.7

12.7

12.3

*5.6

11.1

11.8

Higher education students(e)

'000

2001

231.6

193.8

135.7

50.9

66.6

13.2

4.7

19.9

726.2

Females - of all higher education students(e)

%

2001

54.8

54.1

54.7

57.2

56.7

50.7

65.0

51.6

55.0

Overseas students - of all higher education students(d)(e)

%

2001

14.5

18.7

14.6

15.4

15.5

9.0

4.2

13.3

15.5

15-24 year olds studying higher education(d)

%

2001

17.7

21.8

18.3

13.4

17.8

11.3

11.6

20.4

18.4

Apprentices and trainees

'000

2001

92.5

98.4

54.6

32.6

18.7

12.0

5.1

2.3

316.2

EDUCATION OUTCOMES

Units

Years

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.

NT(b)

ACT

Aust.

With non-school educational qualifications - of all aged 15-64(f)(g)

%

2001

49.2

46.5

45.4

43.5

48.4

43.0

46.0

56.7

47.2

Bachelor degree or above

%

2001

17.9

19.0

14.3

13.7

16.2

11.6

15.8

29.3

17.0

Advanced diploma and diploma or below

%

2001

31.3

27.5

31.1

29.8

32.2

31.4

30.3

27.4

30.2

Females - of all with non-school educational qualifications

%

2001

47.4

43.6

41.3

39.8

45.3

39.5

39.3

54.6

44.4

With non-school educational qualifications - of all aged 25-64(f)(g)

%

2001

55.5

52.8

50.7

48.9

54.7

48.9

51.3

65.8

53.3

Bachelor degree or above

%

2001

20.6

22.1

16.4

15.7

18.9

13.9

18.5

35.1

19.7

Advanced diploma and diploma or below

%

2001

34.9

30.7

34.3

33.2

35.8

35.0

32.9

30.7

33.6

Higher education students completing courses

'000

2000

53.9

46.6

28.3

11.7

17.1

3.1

0.8

5.6

170.1

Without non-school educational qualifications - of all aged 15-64(f)

%

2001

50.8

53.5

54.6

56.5

51.6

57.0

54.0

43.3

52.8

Did not complete highest level of secondary school

%

2001

34.7

36.0

37.4

41.7

34.8

45.5

37.9

21.8

36.1

LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES

Units

Years

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.

NT

ACT

Aust.

Unemployment rate (aged 15-64)

With non-school educational qualifications(f)

%

2001

3.6

4.5

7.2

4.0

4.8

4.4

*2.3

3.1

4.6

Bachelor degree or above

%

2001

2.2

3.4

3.7

2.7

2.7

*1.7

**1.9

*1.7

2.8

Advanced diploma and diploma or below

%

2001

4.5

5.3

8.9

4.7

5.8

5.6

*2.6

4.6

5.7

Without non-school educational qualifications(f)

%

2001

8.4

8.3

12.2

11.5

9.6

10.4

9.6

10.4

9.6

HUMAN RESOURCES

Units

Years

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.

NT

ACT

Aust.

School student/teaching staff ratio

All schools

ratio

2001

15.0

14.5

14.6

14.7

14.8

14.4

13.1

14.8

14.7

Government schools

ratio

2001

15.1

14.7

14.6

14.5

15.0

14.4

12.9

14.2

14.8

Primary schools

ratio

2001

17.7

16.8

16.4

17.0

16.9

16.4

14.4

17.5

17.0

Secondary schools

ratio

2001

12.4

12.4

12.6

11.9

12.4

12.5

10.9

12.5

12.4

Females - of all primary school teachers

%

2001

80.0

79.5

77.3

75.4

76.9

78.4

81.5

83.5

78.7

Females - of all secondary school teachers

%

2001

55.0

56.2

56.1

48.9

51.3

53.9

60.7

60.8

54.9

Females - of all higher education academic staff(h)

%

2000

34.4

38.5

35.3

34.2

36.1

25.9

40.4

26.7

34.1

PROVIDERS

Units

Years

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.

NT

ACT

Aust.

Schools

no.

2001

3,092

2,321

1,721

811

1,052

281

181

137

9,596

Government schools - of all schools

%

2001

70.7

70.0

75.1

75.3

73.1

76.2

82.3

69.3

72.3

(a) The order and names of some indicators presented here differ slightly from previous editions of Australian Social Trends, as they have been updated to reflect the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ABS cat. no. 1272.0) and the Framework for Australian Education and Training Statistics, both introduced by the ABS in 2001.(b) Estimates for Northern Territory refer to mainly urban areas only, except all schools data and VET students.(c) Data refer to full-time students only.(d) Data refer to courses leading to both recognised and non-recognised qualifications.(e) State and Territory totals exclude students of the Australian Catholic University which has campuses in more than one State or Territory.(f) Data refer to recognised qualifications only.(g) Does not include persons studying for courses where the level has not been determined.(h) Data cover full-time and fractional full-time staff but exclude casual academic staff.

Reference periods: Schools data are at August. Data on participation rates, educational attainment and unemployment rates are at May. VET and apprentice and trainee data are at 31 December. Higher education data and overseas student data are at 31 March.

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